Odyssey is an album by American guitarist James Blood Ulmer, recorded and released in 1983 on the Columbia label.[1] It was Ulmer's final of three albums recorded for a major label. The musicians on this album later re-united as The Odyssey Band and Odyssey The Band.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 5 stars, and stated, "Odyssey stands as James Blood Ulmer's signature masterpiece, the purest and most accessible showcase for his bold, genre-clashing guitar vision... All the pieces come together to produce not only Ulmer's finest album, but a certified classic of the modern jazz avant-garde". It placed at #20 in the Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll.[2] The album was listed as part of a suggested "core collection" by the Penguin Guide to Jazz.[3]